WHAT THE TEAMS SAID – RACE DAY IN SINGAPORE

Verstappen finally conquered Singapore, sweeping the weekend with pole and wins in both Sprint and Grand Prix. After aggressive defending off the line to cut off Leclerc, he controlled the race wire-to-wire, managing radio issues and pace windows to deliver Red Bull's most complete performance of the season. The win matters beyond the trophy—it confirms Red Bull has cracked the setup code across wildly different circuits.

Leclerc salvaged second after a late VSC pit stop put him on fresh softs, easily passing Hamilton in the closing laps. Hamilton's afternoon unraveled from his own strategy call: a one-stop Medium gamble to offset Red Bull's pace, but the compound never fired. On the final lap, Piastri dropped him to sixth.

Hadjar climbed from a pit lane start—parc fermé violations plus fresh PU components—to snatch the final point, passing Gasly late. Austin's bumps will test whether this momentum holds or whether Red Bull's Singapore sweep was track-specific magic.